Buhari had subsequently directed officials to provide adequate treatment for the injured persons.
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The incident led to the death of at least five persons including a 10-year-old boy.
LASEMA, in a statement on Facebook, titled, ‘LASEMA battles Ladipo Mushin Gas explosion,’ said it has deployed its Response Team, Eagle Squad at Cappa to contain the situation.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the explosion occurred barely 24 hours after one person was killed and another injured in a gas explosion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library on Thursday.
The explosion occurred around 11 am at the Marcque event centre within the Presidential Library.
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said 276,000 people have been displaced by Sunday’s gas inferno that engulfed the Abule Ado and Soba areas of the state.
At least seven persons were injured and property worth millions of naira destroyed on Sunday after a cooking gas cylinder exploded and kindled a fire at 23, Emmanuel Church Road, Inland Town, Onitsha, Anambra State.
The Department of Petroleum Resources on Friday said a combine team of DPR, KEPA and other agencies have recovered mutilated bodies of three more victims of the January 4 Kaduna gas explosion.
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria says it will prosecute importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders and other products as provided by law.
The Kaduna State Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, has called on those engaged in the sale of inflammable goods to move to areas that have been designated by government for such business.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred at about 2:00 pm on Kachia road by Anguwn Boro in Kaduna.
It added that 23 others who were seriously injured were rescued from the explosion that occurred at Adule Street, Off Ojo Road, in Ajegunle area near Apapa, in Lagos State.
The Police command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the death of four persons due to a fire incident at Lord Mike and Sons Nigeria Limited, in Ede Obuk area of the state.
Eleven people on Wednesday in Abuja suffered varying degrees of burns from a gas explosion that occurred at Rosy Restaurant Area 11.
The Spokesman for the Jigawa Police Command, ASP Abdu Jinjiri, who confirmed the incident, added that two others were injured by the explosion.
NAN reports that residents mobilised to put out the fire before it spread further in the densely populated area
A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who visited the scene at Ajara Vetho, saw the dead bodies of two men and a woman lying in the area.
In all, four families were affected by the explosion, which occurred on Sunday morning
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